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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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 Posted - 11/02/2009 : 20:07:59
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Thanks Gwen.. They come pretty close, by the looks the white in the middle of the flower is bigger in the bottom link.
I see they grow to 2.4mts x 1mt wide.. Now that will be very interesting as where it had been planted next to a big gum tree Tony has built that shade cloth structure for the Tropicals at the back of it so its going to be kind of squashed..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 12/02/2009 : 03:06:40
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In ideal conditions they can grow that tall but on average 1 to 1.5m high especially outside of the tropics.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10810 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2009 : 07:05:46
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It would be around a meter tall now and its starting to get bushy, it may have to be moved.
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 18/02/2009 : 08:08:45
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Mary-Anne, yesterday I noticed buds on the white butterfly ginger you gave me.
It's lucky as I nearly cut off the stem that has the buds on as it is ratty looking... glad I didn't get around to it
This is one of the ones that is supposed to be the blue ginger... still waiting for flowers to be sure
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 18/02/2009 : 08:15:23
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wont be long now Gail 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10810 Posts |
Posted - 18/02/2009 : 12:04:27
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Good one Gail such a pretty white flower, they are a bit strong in the perfume department.. The blue ginger looks healthy too probably wont be long my one was in the ground a year before it flowered.
Do you have a red ginger I have lots of small ones here I grew from seed given to me by shazza one of our Members when she came and collected that bag of daylilies I dont know its right name I will do a search on Google Images later and see what I can find..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 18/02/2009 : 18:45:28
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Gail,My white butterfly ginger is not very old, it looks very ratty like yours.
I was going to give it a little chop.
I will hold off on the pruners now .Not that I expect flowers on mine yet.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 18/02/2009 : 18:50:51
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I like perfumed plants so that won't worry me. I don't have any red ones, just a couple of supposedly special ones that hardly do anything except stay about a foot tall 
I had already cut one ratty looking stem off the white ginger as it had some nice new shoots coming up at the base. I'm glad I didn't cut the other one of then too.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10810 Posts |
Posted - 18/02/2009 : 20:21:05
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I have ratty looking stems on my Yellow Bee hive Ginger and my Dwarf Orange Beehive Ginger, what a flop they are been in the ground 17 months now and not as much as a flower on either of them..
The Costus are reaching for the sky though..
I googled Red Ginger images it looks quite nice..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 19/02/2009 : 04:42:50
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My fav. would have to be the Canna Topicanna, I love the colours of the leaves  I'll be digging up a lot again this year so if anyone wants some sing out  I can squeeze a lot into a express post bag 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 19/02/2009 : 08:12:51
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Red Ginger sounds nice I will have to Google it to see a pic.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10810 Posts |
Posted - 19/02/2009 : 10:32:27
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Gwen I was going to put a couple of the small red ginger plants in that parcel but they would not fit..If you want some let me know for the next parcel and I will leave them in the tiny tubes they are growing in..
Yes Cheryl Canna Tropicanna is nice I also have the light green and yellow striped leaves
Canna Bangkok..
Close up ..
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Have you got that one..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 19/02/2009 : 10:59:58
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 I do like that one, I'll bookmark a piece of that if I may I also have the green one with the red flowers as well I know they take over but give the rear garden height and depth I think, bloody water hungry buggars though 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10810 Posts |
Posted - 19/02/2009 : 11:30:22
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Its in my book Cheryl, when I go down next I will pot a piece up just to make sure I have it as they tend to get lost in the Autumn
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 19/02/2009 : 11:43:37
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thanks MA
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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A Couple Of First Time Flowers And Others.